Chapter 261: Triple-attribute Steel Needles! sect Upgrade!
（The previous chapter was written wrong, Chen Wen is Chen Linlin!）
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The reason why Chen Dagou brought Chen Dalong, Chen Dao, and Chen Linlin to run up the mountain was that the three of them were still physically weak and could not easily learn the Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg like the others.
So they could only use Body Tempering Pills and medicinal wine first to increase the three’s physical fitness and leg strength.
And running up the mountain was also a very intense full-body workout, just right for fully absorbing the effects of the Body Tempering Pills and medicinal wine.
It was purely out of curiosity about the Chen Clan’s true kung fu that he brought the three children to train, which attracted so many curious tourists, and they were even filmed and uploaded online.
It was just that no one yet knew what the Chen Clan intended to have these three children do.
Likewise, after Chen Han uploaded his video, it quickly reached a huge number of fans.
As a loyal gossiping fan of the Chen Clan, while resting, Huang Tao opened his mobile phone and saw that the Chen Family Head had updated.
The title “Holding the Transmission of Power Ceremony for the Three Heavenly Prodigies of the Chen Clan” immediately caught his attention.
The fact that the Chen Clan possessed true kung fu was no longer a secret.
Recently that international fighting champion had still been touring domestically, continuing to challenge traditional martial arts.
But after those two well-known traditional martial arts bloggers were easily beaten to their knees, no other traditional martial arts blogger dared to accept the challenge, and now that world fighting champion was very arrogant.
Since the Chen Clan had three publicly recognized vest-wearing experts, many people hoped the Chen Clan could suppress that world fighting champion’s arrogance.
Many people tagged the Chen Clan, but the Chen Clan people had never responded.
Yet this still could not stop everyone’s curiosity about the Chen Clan’s martial arts.
After all, the Chen Clan had verifiable real combat records.
So, when he saw the words “Transmission of Power Ceremony,” Huang Tao’s curiosity surged to the extreme.
Opening the video, he saw it was inside a great hall, with statues of gods and memorial tablets; seeing these, he could roughly guess where this was.
“”
Soon he saw that the Chen Family Head’s junior sister led three young people inside, and one of them seemed to be one of the Heavenly Prodigies who had appeared in the Chen Family Head’s previous videos.
The other two young people did not seem very old, looking like high school students, and they had not appeared on camera before.
These three should be the Chen Clan’s Heavenly Prodigies.
The subsequent ceremony also drew Huang Tao’s attention. Although he had never seen what a martial arts inheritance family was like, the Chen Clan’s Transmission of Power Ceremony was definitely rigorous and clearly contained ancient inherited rituals.
At a glance it felt very different. Those bloggers online who promoted traditional martial arts were very casual in this aspect; the contrast was obvious.
A thought flashed through Huang Tao’s mind: “The Chen Clan truly deserves to be called a family with foundation.”
Many people, like Huang Tao, had first watched the Chen Family Head’s video and learned the identities of the three Heavenly Prodigies, so when they saw tourists’ footage of Chen Clan experts leading the three youths in training, they knew this was indeed martial arts instruction.
Many people had long been curious about how the Chen Clan’s martial arts were cultivated; now they learned that it actually involved running the mountain path.
Because of Chen Han’s video, more people deliberately went up the mountain, hoping to run into Chen Dagou and the others and shoot a video to post in their Moments and on Douyin.
After all, regarding martial arts, far too many people were paying attention, so this matter naturally quickly became a trending topic, with many popular videos appearing.
《The veil over the Chen Clan’s true martial arts is initially lifted; Chen Clan experts lead juniors in martial arts cultivation.》
《The movies did not lie; no wonder those Shaolin and Wudang films have them carrying water and running steps first.》
《Have you not noticed? The stamina of the three Heavenly Prodigies is not something ordinary people have; in the video they ran up the mountain for a long time.》
《Just that level of stamina alone makes those three Heavenly Prodigies experts, right?》
All kinds of videos about the Chen Clan’s kung fu gained heat, and many people even regarded Chen Dalong, Chen Dao, and Chen Linlin as experts.
No one knew that it was because of the support of good quality Body Tempering Pills and Thunder Bamboo Spirit Rat Bone Wine that their stamina consumption was greatly reduced.
However, at this rate, the sight of Chen Dagou leading the three children running the mountain path for training would soon become a scenic line of the Chen Clan.
If they seized the opportunity, they might even attract many fans.
Yet, whenever everyone was joyfully discussing something, there would always be some experts raising extremely nitpicky questions to disgust people.
There was an education expert called Zhao Heng who posted a video: “Regarding the Chen Clan teaching juniors martial arts, we need to look at this rationally. For example, those two children, judging from their age they should be in high school. At this age they should be in school; today is not a weekend, yet they are practicing martial arts. Is this good for their education?”
“This will guide a negative trend… and also, is it good to teach martial arts to children who are still in school? After all, they are children. If a conflict arises, they will not know how to hold back. Would other parents feel assured letting their children attend class with such students?”
The key point was that this expert posted the video and tagged the Chen Clan people, including Chen Han. Now he finally understood why some experts were so annoying.
Just like this expert, who liked to analyze issues from meaningless and self-righteous angles, standing on moral high ground and using the excuse of “for the good of the majority” to lecture people.
No wonder, since these were the same kind of experts who could suggest, “Young people who cannot find a job can get married and have children first,” and “Urge ordinary people to spend one-third of their deposits to buy houses,” and other bizarre remarks.
These suggestions did not consider the living pressure and cruel reality young people faced at all, the very definition of “let them eat minced meat.”
The key point was, people were not fools. When they now heard an expert say, “Salaries that are too high will cause young people to lose their motivation,” they knew this expert was garbage.
Chen Han glanced at the comments and could not help but smile:
“Idiot!”
“Hello there, ‘brick-spert’!”
“Rare to scroll Douyin today and see such a stupid ‘brick-spert’.”
“……”
Almost all were insults, clearly showing the public had sharp eyes.
Chen Han did not even bother responding to this kind of person.
Fortunately, the video went viral, and its online heat kept rising, letting him attract another wave of attention and significantly increase his reputation.
Putting away his mobile phone, he instead looked at the data for the sect residence in the light curtain in his mind:
Level: level 5 sect residence
Effects: simple and unadorned +2, ornamental value +2, sturdiness +2…
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Upgrade requirements: Money: （9132 million/200 million）. Reputation: （93 million/1 million）. Wish power: （9605/10,000）
For the three conditions to upgrade the sect residence, the money requirement had long been met, and had even increased during this period.
As for reputation, after refining the Spirit Jade Balls previously, only over 4 million remained, but during this time he had trended several times and gained lots of traffic and fans.
Especially when he went out wearing the Ancestor Master’s Taoist Robe, with detached +2, immortal-like demeanor +2, charm +2, aesthetics +2, that popular appearance brought him a huge wave of fans.
Now he had 93 million reputation. Even if he spent 5 million reputation to upgrade the Spirit Jade Ball now, with his videos trending again, by tomorrow he would be able to meet the 1 million reputation requirement for the upgrade.
Furthermore, wish power had already reached 9605, just over 300 short of 10,
In other words, just as he anticipated, by tomorrow morning, after the clan members finished morning class to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, the wish power requirement would also be met.
With that in mind, Chen Han directly took out the Spirit Jade Ball and chose to first spend 5 million reputation to upgrade it by one level.
Previously, the protective shield of the level 5 Spirit Jade Ball could already withstand sniper rifle bullets without issue; upgrading it one more level would significantly enhance the Spirit Jade Ball’s defense.
【You have spent 5 million reputation to upgrade the Spirit Jade Ball. Level 5 Spirit Jade Ball is leveling up…】
Upgrading the level 5 Spirit Jade Ball to level 6 clearly required a lot of time. After spending the 5 million to start the upgrade, he put the Spirit Jade Ball into the game warehouse.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside the courtyard, and a member of the Demon Subduing Hall came in pulling a small trolley. “Patriarch, you have a delivery.”
Most of the Chen Clan members had returned to work for the family, and they usually shopped online, so the Chen Clan received a lot of express deliveries.
The Chen Clan had even set up a dedicated express station.
The clan members’ deliveries were all placed there, and every day Demon Subduing Hall members took turns on duty, delivering packages to each household.
“Patriarch, where should I put the delivery?” the Demon Subduing Hall member asked respectfully.
“Put it on the ground,” Chen Han instructed.
After the other party placed the package on the ground and left with the trolley, he stepped forward and opened the packaging. Inside were the 10,000 steel needles he had ordered.
Box after box of steel needles were packed in special small plastic boxes, densely arranged.
Just thinking about controlling these steel needles with Sword Control Technique for attacks gave quite an impact.
These were all weapons and ammunition.
The key was that steel needles were not as easily damaged as toothpicks; after one attack, toothpicks basically shattered and broke.
Steel needles were different.
So, saying that these 10,000 steel needles amounted to an armory was not an exaggeration.
Next, he put all those steel needles into the game warehouse, then headed to the Artifact Refining Furnace.
If he refined these steel needles a bit in the Artifact Refining Furnace, who knew, there might be unexpected surprises.
By the Artifact Refining Furnace, there was some wood that his uncle had prepared, so he could directly start a fire.
In no time, blazing Samadhi True Fire was burning in the furnace.
Chen Han took those steel needles out of the game warehouse again, but because they were in special packaging boxes, he could not put them directly into the furnace. Otherwise, once the fire burned, the plastic packaging boxes would melt and stick to the needles.
He had to manually take the needles out of the packaging boxes and place them into the Artifact Refining Furnace one by one, then seal the furnace.
【Artifact Refining Furnace sealed, Samadhi True Fire blazing; Artifact Refining Furnace is refining artifacts…】
Perhaps because the number of steel needles being refined this time was quite large, the refining time was very long, and he could only stay by the furnace to maintain the flame.
Only late at night did he finally receive the notification that the artifact refinement was complete.
Without hesitation, Chen Han extinguished the Samadhi True Fire and took out all the steel needles.
However, he did not immediately put them back into the game warehouse. Instead, he laid them out, planning to first store a few in the game warehouse to inspect.
【Steel needle: This is a steel needle refined in the Artifact Refining Furnace, but because it could not withstand the power of the Samadhi True Fire, it has become very fragile.】
When Chen Han saw the remark information for the first steel needle, he felt a bit awkward.
Not only did the refinement fail to add attributes, it ruined the needle?
He checked two more needles in a row; they were also scrapped by the refinement.
That was disheartening.
Fortunately, the fourth needle gave him a surprise.
【Steel needle（Quenched）: This is a steel needle refined in the Artifact Refining Furnace, which has undergone excellent quenching. Sturdiness +1, sharpness +】
He knew it—the Artifact Refining Furnace could not possibly be that useless and scrap everything.
Here it was: a successful refinement, with two additional attributes.
Steel needles were already more durable than toothpicks; now with sturdiness +1 and sharpness +1, using the Basic Sword Control Technique with them would definitely greatly increase their power.
Without hesitation, he cast the Basic Sword Control Technique on this needle.
In the next instant, the steel needle shot out, streaking toward a tree not far away that was as thick as a person’s thigh.
With a dull thud, he sensed the steel needle pierce straight through the tree, then spin and fly back into his hand.
If it had been a toothpick, it would have shattered from the impact.
Chen Han went to the tree and found an extra torn-through hole in the trunk; the steel needle was small, so the opening was not large.
The result was very satisfying.
After all, a human body was easier to penetrate than this tree.
Chen Han put this silver needle into the game warehouse, then continued checking the steel needles, and unexpectedly, the fifth one brought another pleasant surprise.
【Steel needle（Quenched）: This is a steel needle refined in the Artifact Refining Furnace, which has undergone excellent quenching. Sturdiness +1, sharpness +1, lightness +】
Honestly, seeing this needle’s attributes suddenly made the sturdiness +1, sharpness +1-only needles feel less attractive.
With an additional lightness +1, now that was attractive.
This meant that using Sword Control Technique would consume less true qi.
In a great mood, Chen Han continued checking the needles one by one. Although 10,000 steel needles was a lot, as the saying went, to do a good job, one must first sharpen their tools.
Once his weapons were properly prepared, he could better complete the demon extermination instances.
But the next needles he checked were all failed refinements.
Only at the tenth needle did he get another one with sturdiness +1 and sharpness +
Time passed.
Chen Han continued all the way until late into the night, when he finally finished checking all 10,000 steel needles.
In the end, he obtained over 300 steel needles with the two attributes: sturdiness +1 and sharpness +
And the steel needles with sturdiness +1, sharpness +1, and lightness +1 totaled only just over
Only 400 attribute-bearing needles out of 10,000; the rate was very low.
Still, that quantity was enough.
He set aside the 300-plus sturdiness +1, sharpness +1 needles, put them back into packaging boxes, and stored them in the game warehouse.
The 100-plus with sturdiness +1, sharpness +1, and lightness +1 could be used directly.
When he cast the Basic Sword Control Technique, more than 100 of these three-attribute steel needles instantly floated up in front of him and hovered.
But it was clear that controlling these was still not very smooth; even with the lightness +1 bonus, they were still much heavier than toothpicks.
Chen Han took out two steel needle packaging boxes, and under his control, the three-attribute steel needles flew into the boxes one by one. After packing them properly, he placed them into the game warehouse.
Controlling 100 needles was still a bit strenuous for now; once he opened another of the Ren and Du Meridians, it should be easy.
After disposing of the failed needles and throwing them into the trash, he returned to his own courtyard, took a shower, then took out a Primary Spirit Stone and began cultivating, circulating the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method.
Now that the Spirit Jade Ball’s upgrade and the weapon enhancement were prepared, he only needed to raise his strength further. Then he could complete the Green Snail Valley demon extermination task at any time.
A night passed. When Chen Han cultivated the next morning, he looked at the game prompts in his mind:
【Congratulations, the Spirit Jade Ball has been successfully upgraded. It is now a level 6 Spirit Jade Ball!】
【Spirit Jade Ball（Technique）: This is a special defensive magic treasure in the Shu Shan Swordsman Game. Once used, it can activate a protective shield for defense.
Current level: level 6（Upgradeable）
Upgrade requirements: 5 million reputation. Special artifact refining metal!】
Chen Han took out the Spirit Jade Ball. After the new upgrade, its color had deepened, and the runes on it were denser.
What he had not expected was that to upgrade the level 6 Spirit Jade Ball further, reputation alone was no longer enough. The requirement remained 5 million reputation, but now it also needed special artifact refining metal.
Thinking about it, he made a quick decision, then rode You Fu to the Special Spiritual Aperture to cultivate.
After he completely refined the spiritual energy he absorbed, his junior sister and uncle had already returned to the Chen Clan. He got up, sat on You Fu’s back, and noticed a series of game prompts appear in his mind:
【Congratulations, your wish power has increased by 1 point!】
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【Congratulations, your wish power has increased by 1 point!】
These were from the clan’s morning class, adding to the wish power from the previous evening class; now the 10,000 wish power requirement had been met.
He checked the sect residence upgrade requirements:
Reputation （997,000/1,000,000!）
Since he had spent 5 million reputation upgrading the Spirit Jade Ball yesterday, he was now slightly short of 1 million reputation, but that should be met by this morning.
No need to rush.
Riding the ox to the Chen Clan entrance, he saw Uncle Dagou leading Chen Dalong, Chen Linlin, and Chen Dao running out of the Chen Clan Main Entrance. Clearly, after taking good quality Body Tempering Pills and Thunder Bamboo Spirit Rat Bone Wine, the three had resumed training their physical fitness and leg strength.
Behind them, several tourists were following with phones, filming.
Obviously, because Uncle Dagou taking the three up the mountain path to train had gone viral yesterday, this scene had become iconic. With him taking them running the mountain path every day, it would definitely become a scenic line, and more tourists would be lying in wait.
Just like how now many tourists had to go to the mountain top to check in at the Spirit Spring, they could also wait there to see the Chen Clan Heavenly Prodigies run up the mountain, achieving two goals at once.
“Xiao Han.”
“Patriarch.”
“Brother Han.”
When the four of them saw Chen Han, they greeted him together.
Chen Han replied, and after Chen Dagou led the group away, he entered the Chen Clan and, as usual, soon arrived at Uncle’s Kitchen to handle Thunder Bamboo Spirit Mouse Meat for medicinal cuisine.
Just as he finished preparing the medicinal cuisine, his junior sister hurried in with some medicinal herbs. Clearly, she was here to refine Body Tempering Pills.
“Senior brother, I picked herbs from the Spirit Field for alchemy.” Xiao Yu put the herbs on the Spirit Fire Stove and said with a bright smile.
“Okay.” Chen Han nodded and continued preparing the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Mouse Meat, then began stewing.
Afterward he watched his junior sister refining pills for a bit. He had to admit that after refining so often, her alchemy skills were now more proficient than his.
Once his junior sister refined the herbs into Body Tempering Pills, it was time to add water to the medicinal cuisine.
Just as Chen Han added the water, a game prompt suddenly appeared again: the sect residence had upgraded.
【Congratulations, sect residence upgrade conditions are met. Sect residence upgrading…】
【Congratulations, sect residence upgrade successful. Rewards obtained: Special Daoist place effect: Sincerity Brings Blessings. Feng Shui Formation Diagram: Gentle Breeze Comes. Instance Portal Renovation Diagram!】
【Sect residence special Daoist place effect modification in progress…】
【Sect residence terrain analysis within radiation range in progress; Feng Shui Formation Diagram generation in progress…】
【Sect residence Instance Portal Renovation Diagram generation in progress…】
Chen Han looked at the sect residence upgrade prompts in surprise.
This time there were actually three rewards.
A special Daoist place effect was not new, but what was this Sincerity Brings Blessings?
Was it not usually “sincerity moves the spirits”?
And then the Feng Shui Formation Diagram—was this a follow-up to his Feng Shui Dao discussion?
Tailor-made professional rewards, huh?
Moreover, the third reward was even more precisely on point.
He had previously wondered how to go there to do demon extermination instances, and now the Instance Portal was given directly.
In the Shu Shan Swordsman Game, the Instance Portal was specially designed for game dungeons and could only be used when taking a dungeon task.
That meant you could enter the dungeon directly through the Instance Portal to complete the task and then return straight to town via the portal afterward.
So with this, why worry about his identity as the old Daoist priest being exposed?
He could first appear publicly in front of everyone, then directly teleport over. Within just a few minutes, the old Daoist priest would be over there carrying out the demon extermination dungeon tasks and unleashing slaughter.
By then, no one would suspect the old Daoist priest and him were the same person.
After all, it was impossible for him to travel from the Chen Clan to that place in just a few minutes; not even an immortal could do that.
At that time, if people found out, their first thought would be: how did this person kill his way over there?
Thinking of the Green Snail Valley demon extermination instance, he began to look forward to it.
